![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/greece-rhodes-wildfires-live-brits-urged-to-evacuate-as-more-areas-hit-by-blaze/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Top-pic-Template-copy-Recovered-copy.jpg&description=UK holidaymakers are being told to flee to safe areas as the raging wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes continue to spread, leaving thousands forced to evacuate British holidaymakers have been ordered to evacuate areas on Rhodes as ferocious wildfires continue to sweep through the Greek island. An urgent message from the UK Embassy in Athens on social media read: "If you are in Kiotari & Gennadi areas, evacuate now to Plymiri." The Rhodes wildfire was initially confined just to the island's mountainous area, but began spreading on Saturday to the more heavily populated central eastern side amid heatwave conditions.Thousands have been forced to evacuate and several Brits are stranded as the blaze entered its fifth day of burning, with hundreds of firefighters battling to bring it under control. Travel firm TUI earlier said flights to the island were "operating as normal" and confirmed they were provided assistance to those affected. Follow live updates below Panicked Brit tourists in wildfire-ravaged Rhodes were forced to flee their burning hotel "like a warzone" after being left to 'fend for themselves'. Thousands of people on the Greek island have been displaced and hundreds evacuated by boat as a wildfire which started five days ago spread to hotels in Kiotari on Saturday. One woman has told The Mirror how her friend and her family became stranded in the chaos when they fled their hotel on foot in the 40C heat, and were stuck at the island's airport with no money or passports. Eileen Mawton and her daughter Hannah Gormley and eight-year-old granddaughter Annabelle are among the estimated 10,000 people forced to leave, after their Jet2 holiday hotel - the Princess Sun Hotel - began to catch fire. A tweet from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in Athens reads: "If you are in Kiotari & Gennadi areas, evacuate now to Plymiri." Airline TUI has said flights are operating as normal while crying Brits were forced to flee their hotels amid a terrifying){kind=link}
UK holidaymakers are being told to flee to safe areas as the raging wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes continue to spread, leaving thousands forced to evacuate
British holidaymakers have been ordered to evacuate areas on Rhodes as ferocious wildfires continue to sweep through the Greek island.
An urgent message from the UK Embassy in Athens on social media read: “If you are in Kiotari & Gennadi areas, evacuate now to Plymiri.”
The Rhodes wildfire was initially confined just to the island’s mountainous area, but began spreading on Saturday to the more heavily populated central eastern side amid heatwave conditions.Thousands have been forced to evacuate and several Brits are stranded as the blaze entered its fifth day of burning, with hundreds of firefighters battling to bring it under control.
Travel firm TUI earlier said flights to the island were “operating as normal” and confirmed they were provided assistance to those affected.